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God has "instincts"? How can absolute/primary reality/truth "inherit"?
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expires
2010-04-18 17:30:16 UTC
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" T 2 E 57. One of the chief ways in which man can
" correct his magic-miracle confusion is to remember
" that he did not create himself. He is apt to
" forget this when he becomes egocentric, and this
" places him in a position where belief in magic is
" virtually inevitable. His instincts for creation
" were given him by his own Creator, who was
" expressing the same instinct in His Creation.
" Since the creative ability rests solely in the
" mind, everything which man creates is
" necessarily instinctive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instinct
" Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living
" organism toward a particular behavior. The fixed
" action patterns are unlearned and inherited.

God has "instincts"? If "instincts" by definition
are inherited, from what did God inherit "instinct"?
How can absolute/primary reality/truth "inherit"?

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Pieter
2010-04-19 19:19:36 UTC
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" T 2 E 57. One of the chief ways in which man can
" correct his magic-miracle confusion is to remember
" that he did not create himself. He is apt to
" forget this when he becomes egocentric, and this
" places him in a position where belief in magic is
" virtually inevitable. His instincts for creation
" were given him by his own Creator, who was
" expressing the same instinct in His Creation.
" Since the creative ability rests solely in the
" mind, everything which man creates is
" necessarily instinctive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instinct
" Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living
" organism toward a particular behavior. The fixed
" action patterns are unlearned and inherited.
God has "instincts"? If "instincts" by definition
are inherited, from what did God inherit "instinct"?
How can absolute/primary reality/truth "inherit"?
God is not an organism,
nor does behavior belong to Him.
And to create has nothing to do with behavior.
So 'instinct' is used here in a different way.
BTW: my dictionary has 4 definitions for 'instinct'.
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